Hi all, Below is an abstract for a panel I would like to propose for ISA, Toronto 2019. I encourage anyone working on non-state and hybrid governance schemes, broadly conceived, to consider participating. For example, my own work is on the outsourcing of aid-funded project implementation to for-profit contractors--questioning problems of agency and accountability for environmental outcomes. Other topics may include, but would not be limited to, PPPs, non-state market-driven and shared governance ( a la Cashore 2002), and self-regulation by businesses.
(Please don't be put off by the P-A inflected language in the abstract. All methodologies and geographical regions are welcome!) Thanks for your interest. I look forward to hearing from you. Let me know if you have any questions: [email protected]. Best, Jonathan *The environmental impacts of privatized governance* Privatization of governance is increasingly common at multiple scales. Whether through outsourcing, public-private-partnerships, “private governance” or hybrid methods, states have come to depend on non-governmental entities in the not-for-profit and business sectors for critical functions affecting environmental sustainability. Historically, privatization of governing functions and pressures to mainstream environmental considerations in a wide array of policies programs and projects arose around the same time. But their ideological and political roots are significantly different. The former was born of neoliberalism and manifested in the “hollowed out state.” The latter arises from public pressures on governing institutions at multiple scales to internalize *some* definition of environmental sustainability and operationalize it through the work they do or support. This panel explores varieties of privatized governance and examines its effects on institutional promises of environmental sustainability. Among the topics considered are the environmental records of businesses and NGOs as development project implementers; the relationships between public and private partners as they affect environmental impacts; the environmental implications of the “development industry” that resulted from outsourcing and privatization; and issues of accountability and agency arising when public entities rely on the private sector and civil society to do their environmental work. -- Jonathan Rosenberg, PhD Professor of Political Science Chair, Department of Social Sciences Illinois Institute of Technology Siegel Hall 116E 3301 S. Dearborn St. Chicago, IL 60616 tel. 312-567-5188 -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "gep-ed" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
